When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and the alien. I am the LORD your God. Leviticus 23:22 There will always be poor people in the land. Therefore I command you to be openhanded toward your brothers and toward the poor and needy in your land. Deuteronomy 15:11 One man gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty. A generous man will prosper; he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.-Proverbs 11:24-25 Most likely he would have argued for raising the minimum wage.
If you look at the price of real food (not the shit Kraft sells), commodities like gas, nat gas, and other things not showing up in the CPI, you'll see wages have fallen for the majority of people, not just those at the minimum wage level. Its just a matter of time before municipalities increase their rates, and this is why lowering the min. wage is stupid.